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That's not true. New administrators come in, clean house, and hire their people. And if a parent makes a big enough stink about a teacher, even a great teacher, without tenure. the lawyers tel the super to get rid of the teacher to avoid lawsuits.

Because you're dealing with kids, the education system is nothing like industry and goes by an entirely different set of rules. You can't try to apply the concepts of business to that of education. This is why charter schools fail at an alarming rate compared to public schools, they try to follow a business model.

They do run background checks and drug test teachers. The hoops one must jump through to obtain a teaching certificate rivals that seeking of employment for the FBI. Guaranteed 90% of you don't come close to having the proper credentials to teach. And 99.99% of you would quit after two weeks of teaching. I've worked in industry most of my life, and now teach. I work 50% harder teaching, with 50% less pay. But, it's still worth it because I get 500% more satisfaction.

And the reason you always hear about teachers in trouble is because for some reason dirt on teachers is big news. Every day people are busted for drugs, but nobody cares if it's some person that works at the gas station up the road.

Christie is one tough guy, calling out some woman and threatening to put her down. Christie is a coward and an ahole. One day he's going to open his mouth, then he'll just disappear. Two years later they'll find him buried in a construction site. Worst thing the people of NJ did was elect this douche.

Thousands of empty seats? Not surprising considering they sell tickets for $50 each. I would be happy to support the school and come out and watch games with my family, but not when it will cost us a couple hundred bucks! Want more people to show up, drop the price of tickets closer to the $25 range.

One huge problem is the number of Pennsylvania commuters. They live in PA for the cheaper taxes, yet come to NJ for the higher salaries. Morning and afternoon commutes on RT 80 and RT 78 are comprised of about 30% PA drivers, count all the license plates if you think I'm wrong.

We need to increase the toll coming into NJ from PA to about $10, equal to the tolls from NJ to NY. Fair is fair. This will get PA folks thinking about coming into our state and taking our jobs, then going back home to spend the money. This is wrong.

Police are scum. Every trouble maker I knew in high school grew up and became a cop. They are nothing but bullies with huge egos. We should disband police, they are of no service to common people and do nothing good for society. They exist to serve judges and lawyers. Our legal system is a joke.

How about this for an experiment. Take teachers from the best school in the state and swap them with the teachers from the worst school in the state. Do you think "the best teachers" will "reform" the poor performing schools. I highly doubt it. So if this is true, why does anyone think that reforming all teachers and schools would work? It clearly will not. Yes good teachers can make a difference, but this is not the real problem with poorly performing schools, it's the community and the parents.

These types of programs have been tried for almost three decades, and they do not work. This type of education reform is nothing more than a means for the rich to get richer. If people want actual education reform, we need to look at reforming the communities. Most schools in NJ are top notch. Reform is only needed for mostly urban areas.

Acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf said, "As usual, Diane Ravitch is long on talking points, but short on substance."

Just shows that Cerf has no clue what he is talking about and should not be acting commissioner. Diane Ravitch has been an educational historian for three decades and in fact supported the NCLB program of GW Bush.

But then she conducted her own research on education reform and found the truth. That NCLB, vouchers, charter schools and teacher reform are all wrong and do not work.

People like christie do not care about public education, they only care about their own agenda. But lets not let facts get in the way of that!

Attention Hillbillies of Warren County: Keep voting for Republicans if you want these vermin to continue to rape our country for the good of the rich. Warren county is a rural, uneducated community, and you vote republican? Unbelievable. None of you folks have money, so why? Are you that ignorant that you can't see what the GOP really stands for: Greed Over People. Things will never change until you vote all these crooks out.

Hey chris, disappointed now? Wait until your job is up for reelection. The people of NJ are not as stupid as you think. We can see that you are nothing but a loudmouth that does nothing but visit other states raising money for a party that is falling apart.

This storm cost my family about $1000 in hotel costs, dining out, and spoiled food. I'm actually amazed the electric companies restored service as quickly as they did. There were thousands of trees down in the area. Crews came in from as far away as Michigan.

Utility companies need to get wires buried underground. It's the only way to assure these things are minimized in the future. Not happy that these companies refuse to use their resources to upgrade the system. Our climate will continue to be more volatile, we need to prepare.

Also not happy christie is off again raising money and not doing his job here in NJ. More people were affected by this storm than any other in recent history. My neighborhood looked like a tornado came through. But does he care, no. He has 'more important' things to do, and none of those things have to do with improving NJ.